Isaac stbat-ton



@with "H- glatter @Hita ISAAC STRAT-TON, OAF KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE. i iLetters .Patent'No. 70,645, dated November 5, 1867. i

IMPROVEMENT IN FASTENINGS FOR PANTALOONS.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.:

Be it known that I, ISAAC STRATTON, of Keene, Cheshire county, NewHampshire, haveinventeda newand useful Improvement in Fastening for theFly-Fronts of Pantaloons; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description ther'eof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this spccication, in which-Figure 1 represents my improved elastic iiy-front fastening applied to apair of pantaloons, showingit when opened.

Figure 2 is an inside view of the same, with the fronts opened.

Figure 3, a similar view, withthe fronts closed.

Similar letters of reference indicate 4corresponding parts. -v

This invention consists in a device for fastening the lower part of they-t'ronts of mens and boys pantaloons, instead of employing buttons forthe purpose, and is intended especially for the convenience of aged andother infirm persons, whose fingers are disabled or crippled, and cannotbutton and uubutton with facility, and also for boys. b

This improved-device for fastening the iiy-i'ronts of pantaloons isformed by attaching a set of eyelet-holes in both aps or fronts, in theplace of buttons and button-holes at the lower part, in whicheyelet-holes is strung au elastic cord or braid, in such manner that itdraws the y-fronts together of itself, and keeps them snug, and

even, ordinarily, as though they werebuttoned together, while at thesame time the cord may be easily put aside and the y-fronts `or flaps beopened by merely inserting the ends of the fingers between the fronts,and bearing upon the cord, as required.

By this means the aged and infirm, or men with crippled hands, areenabled to serve themselves in calls ot' nature without difficulty,while at the same time the fastening is self-closing, and avoidsexposure commonly attending neglect to fasten the fronts by buttoningthem up.

In the drawings, A represents a pair of pantaloons, with the lower frontor flap having two or more single eyelets, a, and the upper iiy-fronthaving two or more pairs oi' corresponding eyelets, Zz, side by side, inplace of tholower buttons. An elastic cord, c, is sewed fast at one endto the binding, vat the lower part or junction of the ity-fronts, abouttwo inches below the place of the lower button, as shown elearlyin figs.2 and 3. The cord is passed through the lower single eyelet a from theback side, and thence through the lower one of the lower pair of eyeletsreturning through the other eyelet of the pair back to the same singleoyelet a, thence passing to the next single eyclet a, above and throughit to and through the next pair of eyelets IJ, as before, and back tothe second single eyelet, and thence upward on the'under side ofthefront, passingunder a loop, d, if desired, and fastened at the endseveral inches above, either inside or outside ofthe lining. The cord ismadejust long enough to draw the iiy-front together at.

The ily-fronts are easily opened by inserting the fingers between them,and bearing outward on the elastic cord; they close of themselves.

Having thus described myinvcntion, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the iy-fi'ont of pantaloons, the elastic cord c,arranged with the eyclet-holes a and b, substantially as and for thepurpose specified.

'he above specification of my invention signed by me this third day ofMay, 1867. i

ISAAC STRATTON.

Witnesses:

WM. E. McNA-MARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

